What jewelry is suitable for what piercing?

Monday, June 29, 2009 8:51:49 AM America/Chicago

There are four major styles of body jewelry which include the straight barbell, the circular barbell, the curved barbell and the ring. Each one of these styles is unique in their own way. Hope this guide helps, naturally there are other styles of jewelry, and other piercings, so if you are unsure check with your professional piercer or another reputable studio such as http://www.TheChainGang.com

Straight Barbell
The straight barbell is a straight bar that has a bead on each end, commonly on quality body jewelry only one bead can be removed to install or remove the bar with the other bead being “fixed” by soldering it to the bar. This way you are 50% less likely to lose a ball with only one being threaded. The reason this piece of jewelry has the name of barbell is that it resembles the barbells that you often see in weightlifting.

Most suitable piercings for straight barbells include:Ear piercings:
Earlobe
Tragus - The small piece of thick cartilage that projects immediately in front of the ear canal.
Antitragus - The inner ear cartilage opposite the ear canal, which is similar to the tragus piercing.
Daith - cartilage directly above the ear canal.
Industrial Piercing – normally refers to a double perforation of the upper ear cartilage.Facial and oral piercings:
Bridge of the Nose
Cheek
Anti-eyebrow – the area above the cheekbone
Eyebrow
Lip
Lip Frenulum - either the upper (smiley piercing) or lower (web piercing)
Tongue
Tongue Frenulum – That webbing which extends from the bottom of the tongue.
Monroe or Madonna - part of the face between the top lip and the nose.
Medusa piercing – under the septum of the nose.Body piercings:
Hand Web – the skin usually between two fingers, most commonly between the forefinger and thumb.
Madison Piercing - goes through the skin at the front of the neck.
Navel
Nipple
Nape – the back of the neckMale genital piercings:
Ampallang - penetrates horizontally through the glans penis from one side to the other.
Apadravya - passes vertically through the glans from top to bottom
Prince Albert – pierces the penis from the outside of the frenulum and into the urethra.
Reverse Prince Albert - enters through the urethra and exits through a hole pierced in the top of the glans.
Hafada – anywhere on the skin of the scrotum Foreskin
Dydoe - through the ridge of the glans known as king’s crown.
Frenum - the underside of the shaft of the penis
Frenum Ladder – multiple piercings extending from just below the head of the penis and can be as far as the base of the shaft of the penis will allow.
Guiche – area between the scrotum and the anus
Lorum - the underside of the penis at its base, where the penis meets the scrotum.
Pubic - the bottom of the pubic mound just above the penile shaft
Transscrotal - through the scrotum from front to back, or from side to sideFemale genital piercings:
Christina - where the outer labia meet, below the pubic mound.
Clitoral Hood
Isabella – begins below the clitoris and just above the urethra, and then goes up through the clitoral shaft and exits at the top of the hood.
Fourchette - labial piercing done at the rear rim of the vagina

Circular Barbell
The circular barbell is sometimes referred to as horseshoe barbells since it is shaped similar to that of horseshoes.

Most suitable peircings for circular barbells include:Ear piercings:
Earlobe
Tragus - The small piece of thick cartilage that projects immediately in front of the ear canal.
Antitragus - The inner ear cartilage opposite the ear canal, which is similar to the tragus piercing.
Daith - cartilage directly above the ear canal.Facial and oral piercings:
Nasal septum - the cartilaginous dividing wall between the nostrils.Body piercings:
Madison Piercing - goes through the skin at the front of the neck.
Navel
Nipple
Nape – the back of the neckMale Genital Piercings:
Foreskin
Dydoe - through the ridge of the glans known as king’s crown.
Frenum - the underside of the shaft of the penis
Guiche - the perineum
Prince Albert – pierces the penis from the outside of the frenulum and into the urethra.Female genital piercings:
Christina - where the outer labia meet, below the pubic mound.
Clitoral Hood
Fourchette - labial piercing done at the rear rim of the vagina

Curved Barbellcurved barbells are similar to the straight barbell except the shaft is curved, most commonly seen in navel piercings. The curvature can be close to straight to almost circular.
Most suitable piercings for curved barbells include:Ear piercings:
Earlobe
Tragus - The small piece of thick cartilage that projects immediately in front of the ear canal.
Antitragus - The inner ear cartilage opposite the ear canal, which is similar to the tragus piercing.
Daith - cartilage directly above the ear canal.Facial and oral piercings:
Bridge of the Nose
Cheek
Anti-eyebrow – the area above the cheekbone
Eyebrow
Lip
Lip Frenulum - either the upper (smiley piercing) or lower (web piercing)
Tongue
Tongue Frenulum – That webbing which extends from the bottom of the tongue.
Monroe or Madonna - part of the face between the top lip and the nose.
Philtrum (Medusa piercing) – under the septum of the nose.Body piercings:
Hand Web – the skin usually between two fingers, most commonly between the forefinger and thumb.
Madison Piercing - goes through the skin at the front of the neck.
Navel
Nipple
Nape – the back of the neckMale Genital Piercings:
Hafada – anywhere on the skin of the scrotum
Ampallang - penetrates horizontally through the glans penis from one side to the other.
Foreskin
Dolphin - is a Prince Albert piercing attached to another, deeper Prince Albert piercing
Dydoe - through the ridge of the glans known as king’s crown.
Frenum - the underside of the shaft of the penis
Guiche - the area between the scrotum and the anusFemale genital piercings:
Fourchette - labial piercing done at the rear rim of the vagina

Rings or commonly referred to as Captive Bead Rings
Rings are pretty much self explanatory in that they are created in a ring; however, the bead is just a bit larger than the opening with small indentations that correspond to the end points of the rings that will fit snugly against them completing the ring. However there are also Fixed Bead Rings, Screwball Rings, Segment Rings, and several others. So if it is in a round ring shape then this applies.

Most suitable piercings for captive bead rings include:Ear piercings:
Earlobe
Tragus - The small piece of thick cartilage that projects immediately in front of the ear canal.
Antitragus - The inner ear cartilage opposite the ear canal, which is similar to the tragus piercing.
Daith - cartilage directly above the ear canal.Facial and oral piercings:
Bridge of the Nose
Eyebrow
Lip
Lip Frenulum - either the upper (smiley piercing) or lower (web piercing)
Tongue
Tongue Frenulum – That webbing which extends from the bottom of the tongue.
UvulaBody piercings:
Corset - series of surface piercings done to emulate the appearance of the lacing on the back of a corset
Hand Web – the skin usually between two fingers, most commonly between the forefinger and thumb.
Madison Piercing - goes through the skin at the front of the neck.
Navel
Nipple
Nape – the back of the neckMale Genital Piercings:
Hafada – anywhere on the skin of the scrotum
Foreskin
Dydoe - through the ridge of the glans known as king’s crown.
Frenum - the underside of the shaft of the penis
Guiche – the area between the scrotum and the anus
Lorum - the underside of the penis at its base, where the penis meets the scrotum.
Pubic - the bottom of the pubic mound just above the penile shaft
Transscrotal - through the scrotum from front to back, or from side to side
Prince Albert – pierces the penis from the outside of the frenulum and into the urethra.
Reverse Prince Albert - enters through the urethra and exits through a hole pierced in the top of the glans.Female genital piercings:
Christina - where the outer labia meet, below the pubic mound.
Clitoral Hood
Fourchette - labial piercing done at the rear rim of the vagina
Labia - through the labia minora or the labia majora.
Princess Albertina - a ring enters the urethra and exits through the top of the vagina